Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-301) and index
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1. Introduction -- 2. The wider world -- 3. Medieval Europe -- 4. Overseas expansion and decline in the Mediterranean -- 5. Europe in transition : capitalism -- 6. Peripheries in the world economy -- 7. Dependencies in the world economy -- 8. The colonial powers and the world economy in the eighteenth century -- 9. Revolution -- 10. Retrospect and prospect